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For thus hath the LORD of hosts said, Hew ye down trees, and cast a mount against Jerusalem: this is the city to be visited; she is wholly oppression in the midst of her.
That upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel unto the blood of Zacharias son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar.
He said therefore, A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom, and to return.
Woe is me, that I sojourn in Mesech, that I dwell in the tents of Kedar!
And there was a certain disciple at Damascus, named Ananias; and to him said the Lord in a vision, Ananias. And he said, Behold, I am here, Lord.
And after this Joseph of Arimathaea, being a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews, besought Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus: and Pilate gave him leave. He came therefore, and took the body of Jesus.
Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense; and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.
Thou art my hiding place and my shield: I hope in thy word.
In weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness.
For thy servant vowed a vow while I abode at Geshur in Syria, saying, If the LORD shall bring me again indeed to Jerusalem, then I will serve the LORD.
His scales are his pride, shut up together as with a close seal.
And they remembered his words,
A bruised reed shall he not break, and the smoking flax shall he not quench: he shall bring forth judgment unto truth.
Thou coveredst it with the deep as with a garment: the waters stood above the mountains.
For so is the will of God, that with well doing ye may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men:
Also on the tenth day of this seventh month there shall be a day of atonement: it shall be an holy convocation unto you; and ye shall afflict your souls, and offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD.
Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
And threescore and one thousand asses,
And the chief of the house of the father of the Gershonites shall be Eliasaph the son of Lael.
And I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, and put my sword in his hand: but I will break Pharaoh's arms, and he shall groan before him with the groanings of a deadly wounded man.
But ye are they that forsake the LORD, that forget my holy mountain, that prepare a table for that troop, and that furnish the drink offering unto that number.
And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh.
And Joab returned from following Abner: and when he had gathered all the people together, there lacked of David's servants nineteen men and Asahel.
And in the eleventh year of Joram the son of Ahab began Ahaziah to reign over Judah.
